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Mar 26, 2013 · Hawthorne’s elaborately wrought fictions seem designed to reconnect us with a great mythic narrative at the foundation of the Western intellectual and moral tradition: the ultimate cautionary tale of how the acquisition of worldly power beyond one’s ken, and the transgression of venerable taboos and ancient boundaries, will surely lead to physical and moral ruin . . . like all the greatest ...
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Feb 3, 2012 · The majority of criticism and scholarship devoted to the fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne takes for granted the relationship between Hawthorne and the Bible, focusing instead upon theology and philosophy. This work proposes that the Bible was an important and pervasive influence in Hawthorne's fiction. The Bible provides Hawthorne with numerous resources for both his artistic and moral concerns ...
- Conor Michael Walsh
- 2009
One of the most significant ways in which the Bible influenced Hawthorne's works is through its emphasis on sin and guilt. Many of Hawthorne's stories, such as "The Scarlet Letter," "Young Goodman Brown," and "The Minister's Black Veil," explore the themes of sin, guilt, and redemption, drawing heavily on Christian imagery and symbolism. In these
Feb 26, 2023 · Hawthorne and Ideas of Good and Evil: Introduction. It is impossible to read much of Hawthorne without realizing that what interested him perhaps more than anything else about human beings is our capacity for evil, our capacity to act out the part of Satan. His novels and stories are filled with characters such as Ethan Brand of "Ethan Brand ...
- Rex Krajewski
- 2018
It’s so true that the story is still unfolding to this minute. We are used to hearing that the Bible is a love story. But we tend to see only one side of the love: how God loves people. If the main point of the Bible is that God is to be loved with heart, soul, mind and strength, perhaps it would be wise to read the entire story from God’s ...
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Nov 27, 2020 · From “The Star of Calvary” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was an American writer better known for his fiction than his poetry. Yet his interest in history, morality ...